Different things can be studied with the same knowledge

Sivashanmugam. P.,
Lecturer, Biophysical Chemistry
Department of Bioinformatics, Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli - 620020

[This small piece of writing may not provide any immediate mean to improve the
quality of education, but, this would definitely help one to identify the firm philosophical basis
with which the quality of education be improved by eliminating the misconceptions which
brings down the quality of education.]

Different things can be studied with the same knowledge. There must be some
knowledge which is applicable to more than one thing, if different things can be studied with the
same knowledge. What knowledge is applicable to more than one thing? Is no knowledge
applicable to more than one thing? One must know the difference between a thing and its
properties in order to answer this question. A property is not a thing. But, it is not also nothing.
Everyone who cannot find the difference between a thing and its properties cannot tell what
knowledge is applicable to more than one thing. There is a one to one relationship between the
properties of things and our knowledge about things. Firstly, nothing can be studied without the
knowledge of its properties. Secondly, we cannot know about that which has no property.

If there is no property that is true about x, then ~(x exists).

There is at least one property which is true of x, means, x exists.
(x exists) <-> EF(Fx).
~(x exist) <-> ~EF(Fx).
We cannot know about that which has no property.

What knowledge is applicable to more than one thing?

Any property which can be found in more than one thing is a common property. Any
property which cannot be found in more than one thing is a special property.

The knowledge of the common properties is applicable to more than one thing because a
common property can be found in more than one thing. The knowledge of a special property is
not applicable to more than one thing because a special property cannot be found in more than
one thing.

No knowledge is applicable to more than one thing if things have no common property.
Is no knowledge applicable to more than one thing? No knowledge can be applied by more than
one person in the absence of common properties among things. Is no knowledge used by more
than one person?

Nothing can be studied without the knowledge of its properties. Students should learn
how to use the knowledge which is applicable to more than one thing in their studies. Teachers
should illustrate to students how the knowledge of the common properties is applicable to more
than one thing and the students should be provided with the explicit list of common
properties of known things. Why should not students learn to use the knowledge which is
applicable to more than one thing?

Everyone who proclaims that things have no common properties would not explain:
i. how a knowledge is applicable to more than one thing, and ii. how a knowledge can be used by
more than one person.

How can a knowledge be applicable to more than one thing if things have no common
property? How can different things be studied with the same knowledge if things have no
common property? We can do medical testing for humans on fruit flies or yeast as starting
points and still get results. How can this be possible if things have no common property? We
cannot distinguish each other as human if no property is common to us. Research is the search
to find whether the property identified through a one is common to all or not.

Aren't the following properties found in more than one thing?

1. Divisibility: x/y
2. Comparability: Is x > y?
3. Connectivity: Is y = f(x)?
4. Disturbability: Is x constant?
5. Reorderability: [x = cy] ↔ [c = x/y] ↔ [y = x/c]
6. Substitutability:
y = a+b ... (1)
x = cy ... (2)
By substituting (1) in (2),
x = c(a+b)
7. Satisfiability:
Can (y = 2) satisfy (5y = 10)?
Yes. (y = 2) can satisfy (5y = 10).

Can (y = 3) satisfy (5y = 10)?

No. (y = 3) cannot satisfy (5y = 10).

The properties which are listed above are found in more than one thing. The knowledge
of these properties is applicable to more than one thing. These are the properties which are
routinely studied through each thing by different people in different ways.
Do students need special intelligence to study the common properties of things?

Students do not need special intelligence to study the common properties of things. Is
the intellect of the students inferior to the intellect of the teachers who also routinely study
divisibility, comparability, connectivity, disturbability, reorderability, substitutability, and
satisfiability of things?

Aren't your activities limited by the properties of things?

People/things cannot be divided if they do not have divisibility.

People/things cannot be compared if they do not have comparability.
People/things cannot be connected if they do not have connectivity.
People/things cannot be disturbed if they do not have disturbability.
People/things cannot be reordered if they do not have reorderability.
People/things cannot be substituted if they do not have substitutability.
People/things cannot be satisfied if they do not have satisfiability.

Not only the studies, but every activity of our life is completely limited by the properties of
things.

No study is random process. Every scientific method of study is a structured process whose
logical structure is based on the knowledge of the common properties observed of different
familiar things.

We cannot distinguish each other as human if no property is common to us. Research is the
search to find whether the property identified through a one is common to all or not.

Therefore, anyone who really wants to be intelligent (in the true sense) and improve the quality
of education must first learn to distinguish the common properties of things. All the other
problems which wreck the quality of education will go off on its own, if one learns that different
things can be studied with the same knowledge.

Reference:

1. Analytical Wiki (with more than 9000 pages) by the same author
http://analytical.wikia.com

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